Pale gold, big head with large bubbles that is gone as quick as you look at it, leaves some lone bubbles atop the beer. Looks pretty bad in fact. Aroma is that stinky bloody wet dog thing. I didn't expect that, I thought this would be good dammit. Fortunately the aroma doesn't continue into the flavour, in fact nothing does. Fizzy light palate with the slightest hint of malt and neglible hops. I am actually fundamentally disappointed I spent the weekend trying macro beer that I expected to be bad and this is only just better than the best of them. However it will have to lose some overall points for having the image of a quality beer when it is actually a lowest common denominator beer.

The good thing about this beer is that it is available in the departure lounge at Auckland airport. This means you don't have to pay for it. The bad thing is that it is another disappointing version of the same lager style available from everywhere else on the planet. No hop aroma to speak of and a poor fizzy head that lasts only briefly. I think this is my 100th lager rating, so a disappointment that this should be it.

Bottle. In the great beer quest, hunting over the world for fine beers, this is simply a tin shack by the side of the road. Metallic aroma and - oops, no that was me, I just farted and thought the beer had got interesting... Um, there is a bit of fruit in the flavour, something tropical - sort of mango like. Mmmm, that tin shack is becoming more interesting. Flat, watery finish with that metallic quality returning. A tin shack it may be, but inside there are comfy sofas and palm trees.

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